RE: I/O and db_file_multiblock_read_count

  • From: "Kevin Closson" <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <kevin.lidh@xxxxxxxxx>, "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:48:30 -0800

do the "same" thing using dd. Whatever your db_block_size is, plug it in
as follows:
 
$ time dd if=<datafile_for_the tablespace> of=-/dev/null
bs=<block_size_in_bytes*16>
 
then re-run:
$ time dd if=<datafile_for_the tablespace> of=-/dev/null
bs=<block_size_in_bytes*128>
 
please let me know what you find
 
 


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        From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Lidh
        Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:46 PM
        To: oracle-l
        Subject: I/O and db_file_multiblock_read_count
        
        
        I was reading an article about the appropriate setting for
db_file_multiblock_read_count.  I'm on a HP-UX 11.11 64-bit system with
Oracle 9.2.0.7.0.  The original value was 16 and I bounced the database
and ran a million record full-scan test (10046 trace) and then set the
value to 128 (max value) and re-ran the 

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